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You trade the 15 minute chart? Doesn't that force you to sit around looking at your charts all day and over-analyze them?

 

For me, forex charts are generally too choppy on the shorter timeframes. I want to trade good swings.

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If the UJ can make it to PT3 before the end of the day, I will nominate this for trade-of-the-month!...excellent R/R opportunity off a larger degree 2b, taken off a smaller degree 123...

 

I wasn't planning to post until next week, but I wanted to post this...and before it reached PT3...:)

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Potential EU long...

 

UPDATE: I've pulled the order...the currently dead PA does not inspire confidence...it hasn't yet woken up from its weekend nap...

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Well, I think I’m going to call it a night…no trades for me. :(

 

I was expecting this week to be a week of full-time, uninterrupted trading (after adjusting my part-time job schedule to only Friday evenings and weekends). However, something unexpected came up and unfortunately it will cut deep into my trading hours…I’m going to be trading from a hotel…I won’t be trading any more Tokyo’s, tomorrow’s NY will be cut short, I’ll probably have to start NY a little later each day after tomorrow, and I may not get to trade at all on Friday. It’s only this week, though…next week I should be back to full-time.

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Current look at the UJ...

 

UPDATE: The short filled and my stop is now at BE+1 tick.

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down a little. It's actually only a 0.4 tick move down from BE+1 tick, but it does provide a more accurate illustration on my Ninja chart of where my stop actually is...

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Current look at the UJ...

 

UPDATE: The short filled and my stop is now at BE+1 tick.

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down a little. It's actually only a 0.4 tick move down from BE+1 tick, but it does provide a more accurate illustration on my Ninja chart of where my stop actually is...

 

UPDATE 3: Stop moved, again. Looks like I picked the wrong pair to be in this morning...the EU & GU are taking off like crazy! :doh:

 

UPDATE 4: Stop moved tighter. BTW, I think I might have to be heading out soon...

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Current look at the UJ...

 

UPDATE: The short filled and my stop is now at BE+1 tick.

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down a little. It's actually only a 0.4 tick move down from BE+1 tick, but it does provide a more accurate illustration on my Ninja chart of where my stop actually is...

 

UPDATE 3: Stop moved, again. Looks like I picked the wrong pair to be in this morning...the EU & GU are taking off like crazy! :doh:

 

UPDATE 4: Stop moved tighter. BTW, I think I might have to be heading out soon...

 

UPDATE 5: PT1 filled! My day hasn't been cut as short as I expected. However, I will be leaving any minute. So, since I will not be able to actively manage this trade anymore, I'm simply moving my stop on the second half to PT1+1 tick and leaving it...the second half will either fill at PT1 or PT2. I won't be trading tonight, but I'll probably log on sometime to see what happened with this trade.

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Current look at the UJ...

 

UPDATE: The short filled and my stop is now at BE+1 tick.

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down a little. It's actually only a 0.4 tick move down from BE+1 tick, but it does provide a more accurate illustration on my Ninja chart of where my stop actually is...

 

UPDATE 3: Stop moved, again. Looks like I picked the wrong pair to be in this morning...the EU & GU are taking off like crazy! :doh:

 

UPDATE 4: Stop moved tighter. BTW, I think I might have to be heading out soon...

 

UPDATE 5: PT1 filled! My day hasn't been cut as short as I expected. However, I will be leaving any minute. So, since I will not be able to actively manage this trade anymore, I'm simply moving my stop on the second half to PT1+1 tick and leaving it...the second half will either fill at PT1 or PT2. I won't be trading tonight, but I'll probably log on sometime to see what happened with this trade.

 

FINAL UPDATE: Second half taken out at PT1.

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Currently doing some piss-poor trading...

 

Took a loss on an EU long, and now sitting long the UJ...

 

UPDATE: UJ long isn't going anywhere...stop moved tighter...

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...long the UJ...

 

UPDATE: UJ long isn't going anywhere...stop moved tighter...

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved up.

 

FINAL UPDATE: Taken out for a small profit.

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Just took BE on an attempt at an early entry on a larger swing trade...

 

I'm having a hard time this week...maybe it has to do with sleep deprivation and trading in a hotel room...I don't want to make excuses, though...haha

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Potential short on the EU...

 

UPDATE: PT1 filled, stop moved down...

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down, again.

 

UPDATE 3: Stop moved tight as price closes in on PT2...

 

UPDATE 4: Tighter again...

 

FINAL UPDATE: Second half stopped a little short of PT2. That's a wrap.

 

I'm actually not sure what my trading schedule will look like for the remainder of the week, other than that I won't be trading Tokyo this evening for sure...I may not be trading tomorrow...not sure...

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Well, I'm trading Tokyo like I said I wouldn't be able to at all this week! I'm exhausted though and will probably be calling it quits soon.

 

Anyways, I'm looking now at a potential short on the EU...

 

UPDATE: Order filled and stop moved down...

 

FINAL UPDATE: Taken out for a loss. Well, on that great note, I think I'm just going to go to bed. :doh::angry:

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Well, staying up just a little bit longer...looking at a potential short on the UJ...

 

UPDATE: Order canceled...I just cannot wait any longer...I have to go to bed...I can barely hold my eyes open...cya in the morning...

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Current look at the EU...

 

UPDATE: Short filled and stop @ BE. (Reason: price declined, climbed back up to right about my entry-point, and subsequently printed a new low.)

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Current look at the EU...

 

UPDATE: Short filled and stop @ BE. (Reason: price declined, climbed back up to right about my entry-point, and subsequently printed a new low.)

 

UPDATE 2: Stop moved down a tiny bit...

 

UPDATE 3: Stop moved down.

 

FINAL UPDATE: Filled @ profit! Well, on that great note (and I don't mean that sarcastically this time!), I think I'm going to call it a week! This week has been...interesting. I'm back home now, and next week I should be back to regular full-time trading. The week will be cut short, though, because of Christmas. However, during first part of the week when I will be trading, it will be on my normal schedule.

 

Have a good weekend!

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Maybe another shot at a GU short...

 

If I would have had my stop at the swing high on that last trade, I'd still be in it...hmm...

 

UPDATE: That's close enough to my BE line to get me to BE (+1 tick).

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